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, TRAVELING BAG. No; 336,529. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

ttorney J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD J. RILEY, OF EAST NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 110.336.5251, dated February 16, 1886.

Application filed November 9, 1885. Serial No. 182,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, BERNARD J. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Newark, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag or Satchel Hinges and Braces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to hinges for bags and satchels, and has for its object to provide a combined hinge and stay which shall be simple and inexpensive in its construction, and which can be readily applied to the frames of bags and satchels as ordinarily constructed.

This invention consists in the provision, as a new article of manufacture, of a combined bag hinge and stay or brace, so constructed as to be applicable to the bag-frames by simply riveting the hinge thereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A A represent the hingeplates, connected together by a pintle, B. Each of these plates is iormed with ears a, and to these ears are pivoted the terminals of the L-shaped metallic pieces 0 O, which are hinged together at D, so as to form an adjustable brace, as shown. When this brace is turned down so as to lie in the plane with the leaves A A, they operate in the same way as the bag-hinge, and allow the latter to freely open and close, the pin tles B and 1/ being on a line with or parallel with each other. When, however, the brace is turned up to a position at right angles with the plane of the hinge-leaves, the relation of the pintles to each other is such that the sections of the brace cannot be brought together or toward each other hence the hinge is firmly locked and cannot be closed. These stays or braces may be applied to both the hinges on a bag or satchel, or they may be applied to only one of the hinges oneach bag or satchel.

Among the many advantages of this form of a hinge and brace, it may be noted that the brace is very short, and therefore does not 00- cupy any appreciable amount of room in the bag or satchel, while at the same time it is less liable to be broken than if it were of a greater length.

Another advantage possessed by this form of a brace is that, as it is a part of the hinges,

it is attached to the bag or satchel without de- L facing any part of the frame.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the bag or satchel frame, of the hinge B and the adjustable brace or stay consisting of the L-shaped pieces 0 O, pivotally connected at their inner ends and hinged to the plates A A, substantially as described.

2. A combined hinge and hinge-stay for bags or satchels, consisting of the plates A A, )ivotally connected and iorming the hinge, and the L-shaped pieces 0 G, jointed together and hinged to the plates A A, substantial] y as described, so that the brace may be raised or lowered to lock or unlock the hinge.

3. The combination, with the frame of a satchel or bag, of the hinge having the ears a a, and L-shaped pieces 0 O, pivoted to said ears and hinged together at D, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BERNARD J. RILEY.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM E. FREER, A. W. B. CRANE. 

